The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-17
The Predictions of Old Con-
corning It's Establishment.
BISHOP WAITNEY'S ADDRESS
This Gospel Shall be Preached in. All
the World as a Witness, and Then
Shall the End Come"

Prayer by Elder John B. Lewis.
Singing by the choir of the hymn:
A poor wayfaring man of grief
Hath often crossed me on the way,
| Who sued so humbly fol. relief,
| That could never answer, Nay.
BISHOP o. F. WHITNEY, being reques.
ted to address the congregation, upor
whatever subject the Holy Spirit might
suggest and dictate, he desired the faI th
and prayers of the Saints, that he might
speak that which would edify and in
| struct. The Saints had met to worship
God, and to concentrate their thoughts
upon things, which pertain to eternal
life. That their minds might be brought
to a proper condition, they had par
taken of the Sacrament, according to di
vine command. The promise of Jesus
Christ was that His Spirit would be with
those who partook of the emblems of
His body and blood and remembered
Him. The bishop thought that this holy
ordinance was not attended to with that
devotion and thought which should be
bestowed upon it. He mentioned the
fact that many, especially among the
young, did not concentrate their minds
upon this holy thing. The ordinance
was instituted in the church at very
early period OF its history; at the bap-
tism and confirmation Of Newell Knight
and his wife, it was instituted by the
Prophet Joseph Smith. To those who
repented of their sins and were baptized
and received the Holy Ghost by the
laying on of hands of Gods priesthood,
should the Sacrament be administered.
He related the circumstance of the
prophet going out to procure a bottle of
wine, in order to perpetuate the prac-
tice of the ancients; but was met by an
angel, who commanded him to go no
farther and told him it mattertd not
what was eaten and drank, so long as
the Sacrament was partaken of with
pure hearts and contrite spirits. Joseph |
was told, also, that Jesus would yet
stand on the earth with all of the old |
prophets and patriarchs, in His king
dom, and would there partake, with |
them, of this Sacrament, and then they !
would use the pure Juice of the grape; |
but until that time be was commanded |
MOTTO purchase an impure article, nor
buy it from his enemies.
What a field for thought opens up,
when the promise of Jesus to Joseph |
was contemplated; when He would ap-
pear and partake of the Sacrament,
with the prophets ard patriarchs, in the
OF the fulness of
times; when all the keys bestowed
upon the prophets of old would be be-
slowed upon the servants of God in the
asst days; when Israel should be
gathered, Zion be redeemed and should
arise and shine in her glory, the light
Of the whole earth. The kingdom OF
Sod! The glorious theme of the
rent Of the reign of righteousness and ]
peace, when nation should no more rise
.gainst nation, and peace should spread
Ter pinions over the whole world, and
LII should walk in the light OF Zion and
lions King thousand years; when the
yision of John should be realized, where
lie saw thrones and the Saints and
martyrs sitting upon them those who
lad not worshiped the beast; when all
lotions will acknowledge the sceptre OF
Tesus as King of kings.
This is the theme of which all HOLY
men OF the past have written; the glorl-
Jus consummation OF the great work
which God has set His hand to &C
in these the last days. Those
Who close their eyes to such an era as
las been foretold, have little apprecia-
ion of the great things the Lord has in
His heart for the good of mankind.
In the days of Nebachadnezzar, the
PREDICTION was made, by means of a :
lream, of the crumbling away of his
umpire and all the empires of the world;
he dream could not be remembered and
t greatly troubled him. The king called
q all his wise men, astrologers, .magi-
ians and soothsayers, whom he asked
o tell him his dream and to Interpret
I. They were puzzled and confessed
heir inability to give him the informa-
ION he desired; this failure caused the
ing TO order them to be put to death.
)anIel came upon the scene, and he
inquired why the order for Shaving the
wise men was made; he asked permis-
ion to see the king. which was granted.
he monarch stated the cause, and
Daniel, who had previously fortified
himself by asking aid of the Almighty,
vas made equal to the task of telling
nd interpreting Nebuchadnezzar's
ream. 1t was the f0retelIing of work
7hich should be commenced and
arried out in the latter days. The
ream was related. and the interpreta-
or. rendered by Daniel.
Nebuehadnez2ar had formerly said. as
e surveyed Babylon: as not this
reat Babylon, which I have built?"
Iow he was reminded by Daniel that it
as God who had given him his power
nj kingdom, and made him what be
as. Daniel explained to Nebuchad-
ezzar how the different parts, of the
mage he had seen il hl~ dream SYM
olized Babylon and The successive en- n
Tres that should rise after il, viz.
edo-PersIa, Greece or Macedonia. and
ONE, the lat Of which should be
lvided into many kingdoms. z
The prophet also declared that I'm II
lie days OF these kings shall the God of
eaYen set Up 6 kingdom which shall ?,
ever be destroyed; and the kingdom =
lail not De left to other people, bat it
lali break IN pieces and consume all
lese kingdoms, and it shall stand for
Some have supposed that that king
pm was established in the DAYS of
esus, because john cried. Repent, for 4
ie klngdGm Of heaven is ct hand!" 4
M when Christ came, the Christian !
oulo suppose-the prophecy of Daniel
Is iulhllsd. But we read that Jesus
me as man of sorrow, meek and
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